Thanks Heaps SMH!!!! It sounds almost exactly like your problem except its L3,L4and L5. Thanks for the heads ups. I can't do the swimming though. its just too painfull. take care and all the best. Catch you in the over 50's at the Mambo in a couple of years!
I hope you both recover super fast so you get on with doing all the fun stuff... BTW anyone want to buy my fantastic board? Still up for grabs, link to it is on page 1.